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Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann

18 September 1822 - 4 November 1906.

[Deutsch] Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (* 1822 in Danzig; † 1906 in Charlottenburg) war ein deutscher Archivar, Bibliothekar und Historiker, Direktor der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek in Dresden. Er ist bekannt als Begründer der deutschen Namenforschung und der systematischen deutschen Ortsnamenkunde, durch zahlreiche sprachwissenschaftliche Aufsätze und den von ihm geprägten Begriff der „Volksetymologie“. Er veröffentlichte weiterhin Schriften auf dem Gebiet des Bibliothekswesens sowie der Mayaforschung.

[English] Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (1822 at Danzig – 1906 at Charlottenburg) was a German archivist, librarian and historian, director of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek (Saxon State Library) in Dresden. He is known as a founder of onomastics and folk etymology studies in Germany, and also for his seminal contributions made in the early years of Mayanist research, towards the decipherment and understanding of calendrical elements in the pre-Columbian Maya script.

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  • Cover of: Altdeutsches Namenbuch

    First published in 1900 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition altdeutschesnam00frgoog
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    First published in 1874 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition geschichtedesde00frgoog
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  • Cover of: Commentary on the Maya manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Commentar zur Madrider Mayahandscrift: (Codex Tro-Cortesianus).

    First published in 1902 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Gräflich Stolbergische bibliothek zu Wernigerode.

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  • Cover of: Erläuterungen zur Mayahandschrift der Königlichen Öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden

    First published in 1886 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1887 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Mayahandschrift der Königlichen Öffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden

    First published in 1880 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden

    First published in 1906 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Maya Manuscripts, Codex Dresdensis Maya, German language, Etymology, Geographical Names, Names, Catalogs, Codex Tro-Cortesianus, Dialects, Dictionaries, German, German Names, Geschichte, History, Manuscripts, Maya mythology, Mayan languages, Old High German, Personal Names, Social life and customs, Wernigerode (Germany), Wernigerode (Germany). Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerödische Bibliothek, Writing, ahau, animal figures
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Germany, Danzig (Germany), Hesse, Thuringia
Time
Old High German, 750-1050

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  • Ernst W. Förstemann
  • E. W. Förstemann
  • Ernst Förstemann
  • E. Förstemann

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
February 26, 2011 Edited by marycee Added new photo
February 26, 2011 Edited by marycee added bilingual bio, dates, other names and Wikipedia links
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